Wednesday already, and according to Wikipedia, it is also Dave Richards birthday. I guess he will be holding off any massive celebrations until next week, when the 2010 entrants are revealed. Happy birthday anyway, Mr Richards. Here are some of the things we're talking about today:
- Massa seems to think there's a chance he can get his fourth Turkish GP win in a row, albeit a tiny, tiny chance. Ferrari are seemingly faster than they were at the beginning of the season, but I'm not sure they are ready for wins yet, are they?
- Our F1 Big Picture Turkey build up begins, with a great picture of Sebastian Vettel a couple of years ago in the Toro Rosso. Red Bull also think they're in with a chance of some improved form in Turkey, but will anyway be able to get past the Brawn boys?
- It is your last chance to vote in the Circuit Cup, as we are now in the final - Spa vs Monaco. It was perhaps an obvious final from the outset but the route getting here was fun, and I can't wait to see who ends up victorious.
That'll keep you going for now. I have just had to renew the Skype number and voicemail box, so don't forget to call in your thoughts, ideas, predictions on 0121 28 TRACK. Can't wait to hear from you and I'll see you in the comments.
ENZO! :D
huh?
Enzo who?
james allens' son, maybe?
Nice car
He didnt...
dont even go there
:)
Evidently he did...
Joe Calzaghe's father?
Oh you must be joking
H did
Anyone who's interested in going to goodwood this year may be excited to know that the list of drivers/riders that will be appearing over the weekend can be found here I've got all excited about it cause Jenson will be there, as will DC, Mark Webber, Timo Glock (don't tell R.G) and a few others. :D
Ah, I'll explain.
Simply, in the Sony E3 press conference, they showed the trailer for Gran Turismo on the PSP and I spotted a Ferrari Enzo, and I'm just happy about it :D
Not even slightly
apparently jenson attended the glamour women of the year awards ceremony, yesterday. i have nowhere to go with this piece of news, i just thought i'd repeat my new found knowledge.
Too late :D
But Jenson's not a woman...
ahh. got ya.
Was *that* woman there?
handing out an award maybe?
I never get that excited about GT4/5s any more, i'm really not a fan of the whole "understeer like a cruise liner" thing
also thanks for doing my jenson stalking duties :)
not that i can see.
I'll judge whether the physics are totally improved when I get my first drive in the game. ;)
sidepodspace update
Atlantis just finished its cross-country piggy back ride
we'll it has to be a darn sight better than GT4, i had one go on that and hated it.
Not hat I care, I just like typing it :-) I don't even know who she is!
Speaking of that, looking at the GT PSP trailer a little more closely, I can't help but feel it's just a handheld GT4 with Ferrari's. Looks awesome, don't get me wrong, but it looks like it has pretty much all the same cars and tracks as GT4, just the Ferrari's have been ported in to "update" it.
I would say her name, but fear for my life, plus i can't spell her second name
Kirsty!
She always seems so conservative
want to go want to go want to go want to go want to go want to go
I see Martin Donnelly is listed to drive a Lotus 97T. I am surprised he ever wants to get back in an F1 Lotus again
I KNOW!.... i'm waaaaayyy to excited to sleep now....
Lewis gets to drive one of Senna's cars too, that should make him happy.
Its a far better feeling than being to terrified to sleep!
lou, you know the man too well:
"Kylie was presented with her Woman of The Year gong by F1 man of the moment Jenson Button."
I thought Christine might be F1 Woman of the Year. (or did I read that all wrong?)
ah, you've totally got to be on the next panel series.
well it was a guess... i wouldn't have thought he would have turned up for any other reason ;) plus him and Kylie get on pretty well don't they?
i've only ever been terrified to go to sleep because one moment i saw a huge spider in my room the next it had disappeared and i didn't like the fact it was near by...
This is an attempt to get off the naughty step isn't it..
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article6388209.ece
Clarksons reviews are reminding me how i need more top gear.
It shouldn't be allowed off screen, it should be like the news
Yup!
But its where the late night cool kids hang out...
He has always saif he wanted to drive the MP4/4. That car should have won every race in 1988
I was thinking about that last night, and if the Brawn could repeat the dose.
I dont think Goodwood hill was quite what he had in mind!
Sir Frank Williams "will be present on Sunday for the Williams celebration"
Williams celebration?? I have got to go.
Please please please take photos everyone!
Especially any McLarens around.
I believe Lou is our designated photographer.
I can take a pic of the front gate tomorrow, i need to go to the local dump and its directly opposite
Yes, fine, go on rub it in.
Its the best dump in the world!
Mr C's will be much better than mine as he has been to goodwood lots of times, but i'm aiming to get as many photos as i can, which wont be difficult, cause i haven't been able to go on a trip and take lots of photos for ages and i'm too excited about goodwood...
Do you have a Flikr account or something you will put the photos on?
Assorted sidepodpeeps flickrs are on the wiki
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Flickr
yep - http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/
Thanks Steven.
ITV1 showing the 2009 Red Bull air race season preview
Goodwood 2008 - you seem to have the "close up" thing going....
haha it was my first outing with my my new lens zoom lens and i got a bit carried away :D
:-)
have we discussed dieter rencken's article this week? it's another good one.
of note, he totals 18 potential f1 entrants to the 2010 championship, but also mentions that lola's entry may be conditional that the budget caps are enforced.
additionally, the fia have published a handbook detailing cost-cutting measures right down to "allocation of gym club expenses".
i wouldn't bank on that. am completely out of practice and don't have f1 testing or the bgp to get my eye in this year.
Remember - you are the eyes for the rest of the world
you know the bast places to stand though ;) i'm still to work those out :D did i mention how excited i am about goodwood?
Goodwood usually post a load of photos up from each day too which i found useful last year on the days i didn't go.
"still awake at 12:45" excited?
yikes!
No pressure or nuthin'
it's the still awake at 12:50 even though i've only had 4 hours sleep over the last two days. God knows what i'll be like closer to the time..
it's less about being in the best place, more being prepared when something happens. for two years running we scoped out the absolute best place to stand for a shot of lewis, and twice they re-routed him down different escape roads.
Simple, just get "your people" to cover every road.
i have an aim to get at least one good photograph of Jenson however i have a feeling the more popular he gets the harder that is going to be.
we need walkie-talkies!
I want to read this properly and comment, but i am currently having an argument i don't understand. at least i am winning. i hope. at the moment.
good point. last year i bumped into john poking his nose around the paddock. i suspect this year he'll be under 24/7 guard.
But......don't the production crew have those?
hahaha! :D is that one for you and one for christine as she gets left behind with the bags? lol
I think sidepodsecurity have them. you can't letthe composer and singer of Felipe Baby walk about without security
ouch, they're pricey.
wel last year Jenson walked round with his friends on the saturday in a kinda disguise (Well a big hat and or a hoody apparently) and was hardly noticed (i've probably mentioned this tuns of times). not sure he'll be able to do that again :( success comes at a price.
I could keep going with this, but I don't want to get in the bad books.
we so need an intern, don't we?
haha you could use them all the time too... i have this vision of an intern in the studio standing next to christine fanning her with a large palm leaf :D hehehe
okay i think it's time i tried to get some sleep. night all! x
night lou.
Night.
the somewhat sweaty bloke bouncing on his ball in the corner, might be kinda off-putting though.
They want £48 for one day. Hrm.
night.
send sanity this way people...
I'm going to send in a request for your impression of Leo's ball explosion.
:)
i couldn't repeat that if i wanted to. pure class.
wassup?
Good night Lou
could you do a rose rendition?
hehe. that was a complete waste of good wine, too.
I can see myself making an impulse buy on the GW ticket. When do they sell out do you reckon?
not a clue, but we don't have ours yet, so hopefully not soon.
ok. i have a few spending things going on that week, but i'm currently thinking "this is the end of 3 yrs of studying, why the hell not"
I'm convinced. Go for it.
:)
Will sleep on it for a few days. Night.
I may not be here tomorrow. Got someone looking at my car and then 2 x past exam papers. Finished one today but I enjoy commenting and tweeting too much.
Night Pat
heh :-)
Thing is I'm in London on the Thurs and need to pay lots of ££ for train. Then a cousin's wedding on Sat. I'm worried about sleeping in with a hangover and wasting the money.
Wedding is in Somerset...
I'm tempted too... Everyone i know is broke though, will there be a sidepodposse?
Oh, one more thing left over from Tuesday's comments:
Message for Joe with the broken CRT monitor - if you are relatively near me and don't want a TFT, you can have my 19" CRT if you want it. Email me.
see ya pat. don't worry, you won't miss anything and we'll still be here when you're done. promise.
You know me. I'll be sat here Thurs PM catching up. See ya.
would that be joe in ireland?
No idea. He just signs himself Joe and I get confused.
me neither. just checked the map and i'm none the wiser.
You have a map?
Haha, will ferrel compared Twitter to CB radio, anyone used to do that?
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Listener+Map
ah right! there I am :-)
Yup - used to talk longer than 140 characters tho
I was born too late, alas...
Not sure you missed much. It was fun on those rare days you could talk out-of-country. This was exciting pre-internet.
I don't see the similarity at all there. CB could barely reach 10 miles a way on a good day. It was getting very popular until the government introduced legal FM CB in 1981. Before that it was all not very legal AM imported from USA
Meaningless chatter about nothing?
I think it was more the anonymous ability to project your thoughts in an audience you dont know
ummm. i can't find you :(
Focus in on Canberra, in the Aussi south-east.
yay! you were obscured by rocket ;)
Yep he got in first I think
you have made my evening. cheers.
must sleep now, see ya.
Tis but early! Night :D
Night Mr C.
busy week, soz.
*looks around for Journirr* Where is the next shift?
that would be now. morning paul. :)
What timing!
BTW, Brabham's joining the party too? Next thing I know, we'll see the return of Lotus-Pacific circa 1995...
Heh. :D Joining tonight's quiz, Nick?
Oooh defiantly maybe. I know no history, but recent stuff should be ok. Is it teams or every lamb to the slaughter?
i am here. For those pondering goodwood, as someone in the wrong part of the world who would kill to go i say WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? BUY YOUR TICKETS!
Lotus seem to be the only guys missing now...
LOL. Hiya.
Morning Amy.. maybe i will; its a tricky decision...
I'm actually focusing a lot of my questions on the 1990s and 2000s (as requested by RG). I think you guys will do well this week. :)
Every lamb to the slaughter - a bit of everything. :D
Hesketh and Wolf might come back, for all we know...
You're in charge!
Ok i will do my best, its my era-ish
Brabham? I heard about March, but not this one
Yup, for this week. :D
Yay!
Does the quiz get recorded in any way?
The questions and answers are posted in a thread later, as are the scores. :)
Cool.
Where do i have to
standsign up?www.pitlanefanatic.com
Create a new account, then join the chat. We start at 8:30 PM BST. :)
Thanks, i shall endeavour to be there (females withholding)
Yay!
good morning
Morning Wolf. :)
I would not normally share my dreams because I know it's annoying to read about other people's made up stuff, but I figure this is worth recording for posterity:
Dreamt last night that the Monaco podium ceremony was taking place in my flat. Was struggling to fit the champagne in the fridge, and the trophies were so heavy they broke the table.
The Prince got something on his shirt, and I said we had plenty of time to wash it whilst the drivers made their way from the track to the flat. He said he would just buy a new one. I said didn't he know there was a recession on, and then we started arguing.
Me and Prince Albert, arguing over the laundry. Priceless.
Hahaha! That's just hilarious! :P You must've been thinking of Monaco before you hit the sack...
Christine that is Epic.
Also morning all
Awesome :)
I would love Force India for a point this weekend also both in Q2
also Massa for the win!!
If I had to choose two new teams for next year would be;
Prodrive/Aston Martin
USF1
Because he expected you to do it for him? :D
I think we can choose at least 3. I'd choose USF1, Prodrive, and Lola.
Christine I have only starting listening to the podcasts for about 3 months
I did not know of the parade lap podcast. What does this include?
I would agree with that
What is talked about in the parade lap podcast
The Parade Lap is no longer a podcast, but a live stream that starts about an hour before the BBC coverage begins. It's just some general chatter about F1 with some music, to build up to the race.
The replay is available after the event, but this year we've decided not to produce the podcast and put it in the feed. You can see recent shows here: http://www.sidepodcast.com/category/parade-lap/
Thanks
o ok
Christine, do you or Mr C play any F1 games at all, as I am looking to see if there are any games I gave missed. I have the following:
F1 Manager (based on 1999/2000 season)
F1 06 (PS2)
F1 05 (PS2)
Any more anyone can think of?
We don't have much time for games, sadly, but I know there are a lot of people on here that do.
Sony Liverpool created F1 2000, F1 2001, and F1 2002. I think they also created an F1 2003.
EA also produced some games around that time. They also had F1 Challenge, a single game covering 1999-2002.
Mr C, is there any way of getting a new little box on here so we know who is online because you could be just typing away to no body!
On the doohickey, there is a list of who has commented recently. It's pretty rare that there is nobody around.
I am pretty much here 24/7
I have a moded version of F1 challenge with 2008 setup, I only got it for Singapore but the track is no way near like the real track
Also Have got a couple of the Song Liverpool games in my collection
:)
ok then
Well done on the new design of the Live commenting it's fab
During the weekly pod cast you mensioned this live commenting, Can you view the live timmings in the same window as this commenting as I normally have my laptop live with the timings, would be cool if I could get this commenting and timmings on the same screen on my 15.4 laptop
Bernie doesn't allow the F1.com live timings to be embedded. Apparently there are workarounds but we also don't want to get sued. We're still thinking about it, though.
OK THANKS
I will have to flick between the two windows
I think Bernie is Anti-F1 on the internet. I think I remember a news story back in the off-season saying there was going to be new online live graphics for F1, like the rev, speed and kers graphic
Still no joy
If you make the new live comment live thing window narrow it stops being two columns wide, and becomes just one. As you can drag everything around you can set it up so that you can see both windows at the same time.
LCLT and Doohickey are resizable, so you should be able to fit SPC + F1-LT + JTV (if applicable) all onto the same monitor.
We do have some new graphics, but still not enough...
We only get them everynow and then, like the ghost line thing
We should be about to access these all the time, either on the red button or online
sorry what do you mean be LCLT and Doohickey and JTV.
LCLT is Live Commenting. JTV is Justin.tv
Justin.tv never heard of that
There is also more information about the two types of live commenting on the wiki: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Live+Commenting+Solutions
It's a streaming website. But I think you have red button, so no need to worry about this for now. :)
Christine when will the June Schedule be live
Ooh, gosh, I haven't looked at that for ages. Will do asap.
LOL
Can you email on:
christopher_lewis_humphreys@hotmail.co.uk
with a list of when the podcasts are live
I would like to start listening to the debrief podcasts live, can you send me details of the times
I am kinda new to this commenting and live stuff
I think it will be cool to comment on the list show
LOL
The debrief is normally live on a Sunday night, starting around 7pm BST. We are usually late, but it's part of the fun.
Now do I listen live
Is that every week?
and comment
If you turn up to sidepodcast.com on a Sunday night, there will be a thread headed up Live. Video will be included, and you can tune in, and comment as we record the show.
It is usually every week, unless there are unforseen circumstances, or if we are doing specials (ie. the mini series).
So there will be a thread live now but with a video in
kl kl will tune in
Yes. For example, the previous Parade Lap links I sent you - when they were being recorded, the video showed you what was happening live, and people commented on that thread.
Once the show is over, we put up a replay so people can watch back, if they so desire.
I guess the parade lap is the same
What time does it start this week
The Parade Lap will go live at 11am, as per the Turkey schedule: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/06/02/turkey-schedule/
Thanks GTG be back later
Joe Saward's worst-case-scenario:
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21522.html
Voted for Spa. My Dog voted for Monaco.
Same here
I've played GT5 Prologue and it's Pretty Damn Good!
I like this phrase from that article:
That's gloomy but I feel something completely different will happen in the end.
there's a possibility that this current season may not even end? now that would really be devastating.
like Max or FOTA giving way? either way, it would be unprecedented (especially if it were Max giving way...)
Prodrive for 2010 with Merc Power and McLaren Gearbox
More F1 wonder-dogs? K9 podcast with barking and howling would be nice... Or K9 tremayning?
Maybe even McLaren 2009 chassis
Hey nice shoutout on the RenaultF1 podcast BOL!
also thanks for doing my jenson stalking duties {Comment #23
Speaking of stalking duties: the Force India VJM01 chassis last seen at Techedin has been spotted at the Sunfeast 10k run in Bangalore.
Well, I already scared the hell out of Piquet with my question and nickname on the latest RF1 podcast so... We'll see what the Dog can do.
Clarksons reviews are reminding me how i need more top gear.
It shouldn’t be allowed off screen, it should be like the news {Comment #43}
You need whatever television delivery system Dave uses these days. That seemed to spend half its broadcasting hours showing Top Gear...
Sir Frank Williams “will be present on Sunday for the Williams celebration”
Williams celebration?? I have got to go. {Comment #49}
OK, which mystic druid-type person did the Grove team employ to predict a Williams 1-2?
additionally, the fia have published a handbook detailing cost-cutting measures right down to “allocation of gym club expenses”. {Comment #64}
Any chance the rest of us might be able to get a copy, perhaps via the internet? I'd have applied for an entry to get one of those had I not been put off by the €309,000 entry fee (few books are worth that much money and that book won't be among them).
There is considerable reference to the book in the regulations and I would be more comfortable with the regulations if I could see how the regulations would be enforced.
TOP Gear on TV YEEERRR
Will be interesting reading
Was scanning through F1 garbage news and found this quote from Kubica or as M. Hamilton used to call him "Q-Beecha".
"When the opportunity for me to drive in Formula One came I could have said 'no, it's too early for me. I would rather wait for another year'."
It's normal for any aspiring young driver to say "no" to an F1 race seat offer I guess. Maybe anothe case of meaning lost in translation? Wait another year as possible Renault test & demo driver? Is that a hint from Robo? I suppose there were no Polish Ferrari drivers before him? Possibly. I'm in the mood to start a new rumour.
Me and Prince Albert, arguing over the laundry. Priceless. {Comment #157}
Fantastic dream, Christine! I don't remember any of my dreams from last night.
I would love Force India for a point this weekend also both in Q2 {Comment #161}
Me too. Failing that, I'd settle for Fisi finishing the race without coming into contact with any other car, which would itself become the tidiest race he'd have had in Turkey since 2005...
Do I remember correctly that Fisi has been involved in every 1st corner crash in Turkey from 06-08?
They have a new front wing this weekend, tweaked rear Sub and changed rear wing
Force India for points!!!!
and Nelson for a full race distance
Christine, do you or Mr C play any F1 games at all, as I am looking to see if there are any games I gave missed. {Comment #171}
F1 Manager (based on the 1996 season, made by Europress and nothing like as good as the game of the same name made by somebody else and based on 1999/2000)
Grand Prix World (based on the 2000 season)
Ferrari Challenge (based on the 1991 season, runs on a PC via an emulator)
Grand Prix 1-4 (based on 1991, 1994, 1998 and 2001 respectively; I don't have Grand Prix 4)
Grand Prix Manager 1 and 2 (based on the 1995 and 1996 seasons respectively - though I only have GPM2)
Johnny Herbert's Grand Prix Championship 1998 (based on 1998)
Grand Prix Circuit (an absolutely ancient game; released in 1988 but not tied to any particular year)
Wikipedia also has a list of F1 games for computers.
Thanks
During the weekly pod cast you mentioned this live commenting, Can you view the live timmings in the same window as this commenting as I normally have my laptop live with the timings, would be cool if I could get this commenting and timmings on the same screen on my 15.4 laptop {Comment #180}
I think you'd need to have the live timings and commenting in different windows. My practise set-up involves three windows (one for live timing, one for video, one for other stuff) and, at last count, eight tabs.
WellI I going to have the live timmings in one tab and the commenting in another. With my tv showing the live video stream from the red button
Do I remember correctly that Fisi has been involved in every 1st corner crash in Turkey from 06-08? {Comment #232}
You do.
2006: Started alongside Alonso, which was fine until the Renaults and Michael Schumacher attempted to go three abreast into the apex of the second corner. Giancarlo, faced with a choice of hitting his team-mate or spinning, did the latter. This resulted in chaos. Surpringly, the only retiree was Tiago Monteiro, and that was because he got caught between that accident and Christian Klien's accident at the back as they converged.
2007: Starting from the midfield, Giancarlo got stuck in a gaggle of cars carrying too much speed. Ended up hitting Trulli and triggering chaos. Amazingly, everyone carried on, though some had to pit for replacement bits and pieces.
2008: Starting from the back, Giancarlo missed his braking point (citing distraction from Bourdais) and took the season high-jump record by using Nakajima's car to vault him into a gravel trap. Needless to say, that ended Fisi's race right there, but Nakajima only made it as far as his pit because of the damage to his car.
I've been calling that for the last 2 races. no luck yet
WellI I going to have the live timmings in one tab and the commenting in another. With my tv showing the live video stream from the red button {Comment #239}
Putting live timing and commenting in different tabs works too. It's putting live timing and commenting in the same tab that Bernie resents for some reason.
there’s a possibility that this current season may not even end? {Comment #216}
It's an outside risk, but given the explosiveness of the participants, that particularly undesirable method of securing a Button/Brawn championship could well happen.
That would be good for BMW and McLaren they could send even more money to win a race
a much appreciated plug from becken [and a translated version].
cheers sir!
gtg see u later
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75789
See - F2 is working already!
TTFN
And I'm done for the day - time to go suffer with my cold in the lounge.
Aaaah... Mel Brooks films. :D
And yet people still like the guy? Piquet must have a huge fan club then ;)
That one's pants!
You forgot "Ferrari Formula 1" from 1986! That game was awesome!
A better link
Afternoon everyone, skimming the comments i see Force India are on track for some points this weekend, have the others gone on strike? :P
And Team F1 *otherwise known as Pole Position*
Thats one of the best F1 management games.
Some Highlights of the 2006 Turkish GP
From Pitlane Fanatic - I think Lukeh will like this one...
Hey Gavin, Flibster - will you guys be joining tonight's quiz?
Hopefully.
Would be nice to be able to think enough...
Cool. I'm hosting - hopefully I didn't make the questions too difficult. :D
Remember - Lotus... Lots of Lotus. ;)
Tennis commentators just started saying that tennis players shouldn't look like F1 drivers.
I am stressed.
Alas - there is precious little about Lotus in this quiz. But I think you know these, anyway. :D
What's so stressful about it?
Those two comments aren't really related. 5 minutes until Roger is on court though. I can't cope with any more than a straight set victory.
Damn. May have to engage my brain.. Hurts...
Is the spot the difference a real pig too? I like them to be hard. :D
I hope it's on JTV *off to look*
I thought the women's match goes first? That's what the BBC lineup says, anyway...
capped internet, YOU WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME
I'd like to think it's a proper challenge. Will see tonight, though. :)
OH!
ahh my memory fails me. I can't even get the lineup page to load. I really have no hope of watching this game.
I have fond memories of Ferrari Grand Prix on the original Macintosh models in the mid to late 1980s.
I remember (vaguely) reading in a computer magazine about the current known world record on a particular track and getting very excited because I was faster than it!
I cant remember exact details, but I know that I could keep the accelerator (mouse button) held down for the whole lap and just steer which the magazine said was impossible but suggested it would be the only way to beat the current record.
Sorry bro, got work tomorrow (early start :( )
Stosur is on Chatrier, while Serena is on Lenglen. Take your pick.
Awww, too bad. Oh well...
I shall support the Australian I guess!
In what way were they not supposed to look alike!?
you cant pay extra to get more downloads?
tell us who you are with and how much you pay if you would like advice on better providers
Good. :D
One of the players said that in times of economic crisis it is ridiculous that tennis players have a maximum size allowed for sponsor logos on their clothes. The commentators said it would be terrible if they got rid of this rule and they all came out to play looking like F1 drivers.
That's what I thought. That's the main TV match too.
Stosur will play with shades?
probably but our neighbours have the account, we just use their wireless. We get 40 gig on peak and 110 off peak which is plenty, I have no one to blame but myself and my 8 hours a day of on peak streaming video for my situation :D
:D Ah, i was worried that my theory about Kubica being a tennis pro in another life was mistaken...
Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy satellite/cable TV and watch it instead?
and where might you stream the tennis from? ;-)
Kubica was on the Munsters in his previous life...
I can get pay TV for free, I work for the company. I just can't get it in my apartment.
You need to speak to a bloke called Justin and ask him about his TV.
That's very subtle. I likes it. :D
yes, just no streams it seems
ustream normally has a lot more tennis ones but the usuals are all down at the moment. I am hunting as we speak.
and if you're going to move, you might as well go all the way to the UK (or Finlandia?)
The Irony...
I have the same problem, fortunately our pay tv provider over here does IPTV
Ah well, i found a jerky feed
Why???
I watch so much of it at work, I realise I don't really need it anyway. Apart from the sport that I can stream online anyway, theres nothing on!
In what we call an MDU, aka a multi-dwelling unit of more than 3 stories, all the apartments need to be prewired. My block isn't :(
You're not secretly one of the fox sports news presenters are you?
yay Sammy Stoser
nope, I'm definitely not in front of the camera!
I live in an apartment block of 8 apartments - 2 on each floor. The building looks like a giant house.
Anyway, Our cable works like a motel where instead of a set-top box we have each channel piped in on a different frequency
Advantage: Can watch a channel while taping another
Disadvantage: Analogue, and when they rearrange the channels you have to retune them all in :(
An aussi leading in the tennis. Next thing you know Mark Webber will lead a race!
He has the car to do it this weekend, why not?
Can you crash into the wall while playing Tennis?
And it's not Jelena Dokic so no one I know has heard of her ;)
Three words: Kate's Dirty Sister.
Don't you know about the Mark Webber curse?
heh the stream I'm watching at the moment is one provided by my customers. What a breach of the terms and conditions that is!
Mark webber got a win this season
I must have missed that one!
I suspect Der Seb will have a new chassis for Turkey...
Are you from the future? ;-)
Mark Webber will win a race this season
sorry trying to type fast bad plan
"Wednesday already, and according to Wikipedia, it is also Dave Richards birthday. "
Maybe next week Max will give him a late birthday present by allowing his team to race next year
Go you go from Formula Renault of Formula Palmer Audi, to Formula 2, to Formula 3....
Then Formula 1?
Does that sound arse about face for anyone else?
What about GP2 or are we just talking FIA here?
It does, but my point was that he got noticed. Interestingly enough, he never quite got that from A1GP...
Gets even worse if you add that in.
In theory GP2 and F3 are the same level.
Whereas GP3 was going to be F2 level...
Errrrr...
They are?
Euro F3 and GP2 could run very close in terms of car complexity, driver skills, engineering knowledge and circuits ran on...
ooh Stosur's coach is a Kiwi. Now I like her more.
LOL. Federa could be on court soon....
I hope they slow down, I need to have a shower before his game starts
I think you have at least 30 mins
No, GP2 is clearly a rung above F3 in the motorsport ladder.
Caution: This is a GMM Story...
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=330771
Mosley rambles..
[blockquote]"We make the rules," he said, referring to the Paris-based federation that has governed the sport since 1950. "We have done it for 60 years and we are going to continue to do it."[/blockquote]
So, is he going to stand down at the end of this term? Of course he won't. He stand for relection again. Just as he said he wouldn't...
I feel a Tremayne coming on...
Is it though? They are both tough to win and require a driver with skill, experience and engineering savvy...
Do it, do it.
Grrrrr..... Mosely..... Grrrrr
Yes, you as well! 0121 28 TRACK.
Thats all that's needed really. I was going to try to add lying pervert in there somewhere though...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75791
Now Ooops-a-daisy a-scotty have entered too.
So much for collaborating with USF1? Where does that leave them?
Or on Skype: Sidepodcast
Or you can... ah, we did this. :)
:-) I feel like I'm listening to commercial radio
Cute Lost Cat story!
I disappeared for a day or two and now I'm entering F1. cool.
where does this leave them? good question - he says they have finances for four years. who can say that now unless you're backed by the us government who seems to buy everything they can at the moment.
we're posting lost cat stories? slow news day?
in Amy news I got 6 more Racing Lines today, including the one where Lewis was mentioned for the first time, he has a 4 page article in the November 1998 issue. Possibly the best issue ever because the rest of it is celebrating Mika's championship :D
Hey Amy, i was just thinking about you, I can't find you a husband but I can find you a ring.
Mika? is the singer that sounds like Freddie mercury?
You're after a jingle, aren't you?
ooh if only I was in Wellington. I should send my brother out on the ring hunt.
sounds like a great idea.
She already has one - the tick-tock from the panel
that was Steven's long before it was mine :D
:) I am so behind on my podcasts. Can we set up a "buy scott a new ipod" fund? I just spend more time in here now because i'm always at my desk...working ;) In scott news (i don't need a theme because I'll be back on radio next week) i have two job offers for boston...need to decide....maybe I should ask them both if they're willing to buy me an ipod.
eeeeek my first sight of Fed for the day. Must remember to breathe.
first point to Rog. Hooray!
On the Beeb Live blog:
1501: "Federer to beat Monfils 6-0, 6-0, 6-0!!! Piers, please publish this!!"
From SYJYTG on 606
Is that you, Amy? :)
no, but SYJYTG is my new best friend :D
JEU, FEDERER
(My French is awesome)
Best name thats entered so far though. Better than Superfund and USF1 anyways.
Hey chaps and chapesses.
Hey, it's the other RG :)
I see I'm against Roland Garros here.
How's it going?
Losing, every time i see RG I think its me then it turns out that its that pesky tennis thing.
Aw. We like you better... with perhaps the exception of Amy ;)
don't worry, it ends on Sunday! Final starts smack bang in the middle of the race though, so that could get confusing as I try to watch and comment on both.
G'Day everyone! I return! What's happening?
aw, place-RG has given me 4 years of heartache. Until person-RG does this, person RG wins.
Yay. :D
You've got serious flexibility there RG. make the most of it ;)
Have I just opened myself up to 3 years and 364 days of heartache? ;)
as long as you're supporting the drivers you are, then yes.
Mwaha ha ha ha. ;)
Once upon a time, there was a year called 2005. There was a Finn in F1. And a Finn in GP2. And they both won lots. Then they both came second. The end.
My fairytales don't have happy endings :(
Fairytales always have happy endings, you've just got to know when to stop. Keep the Faith! just not this year....
I am busy keeping the faith in France! Do you think I can learn French in 2 days? I'd like to be able to understand Rogers victory speech on Sunday night ;)
"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." Unknown.
Probably not, but 2 days is enough time to befriend a French person, though.
My best friend is fluent, but she is in NZ. 2 days is enough time for her to jump on a flight and be my personal translator, hooray!
Find a previous thankyou speech and then google translate it - my guess is that this years will be more or less the same, but with different names.
but but but this would be career slam + record equalling 14th win. Judging by the tears when he missed out in Australia on equalling the record, I think this one might be an epic speech.
*coughs* counting chickens...
I know, I know :(
speaking of which, how nice will it be to see Heikki on the podium this weekend! ;)
you're not counting chickens now, you're counting the embryos.
I'm going back several generations and counting those chickens.
tennis tiebreaks will be the death of me. its like glock v hamilton in brazil but with far more frequency.
when you're back there, you can find out which came first the chicken or the egg? by the way, Why did the chicken cross the road? to get a doughnut
what a wise bird. mmmm. doughnuts.
Afternoon all. The new Chris is a talkative fella ain't he? :)
heh Serena "I'm the real number one" Williams just got beaten.
Stupid BBC been showing it ahead of Federer. She was almost stamping her foot and looked like she'd cry every time she made a mistake.
not convinced about it's natural selection strategies of taking on cars. even if there are doughnuts involved.
silly BBC. Not that this Fed game will EVER END
Afternoon Chris. I hope you weren't looking for F1 news....it's all chickens, doughnuts and tennis.
FINALLY. Wwith the stress this game puts on me, I'd hate to think of what it does to his wife and the Impending Saviour Of Tennis.
lol. I expected that. Just come back from a placement interview/day, so I'm a little tired.
Tennis needed saving?
not particularly, but genes like that guarantee the future of the sport ;)
Did it go well? and were there any doughnuts?
Yes and no. Sandwiches though.
he'll probably grow up to become "an inside person".
Howdy all, hows everyones day been?
I crashed into a car on my bike....and then following that, i got a puncture. It's been one of those days
no because no doughnuts? or no because people are evil kind of no.
Mark Webber-esque?
Not a moving car though?
Without the broken bones yes.
but i was probably DC that was driving. I guess if you're typing, you must be okay?
It was moving, and then it stopped very suddenly, hense the crash
no because no doughnuts. I want one now!
at least some of it is good news :)
Gosh! Hope you're okay. Sounds scary.
Yup, i was fine. The woman got out the car and was a bit miffed, but no damage to me/bike or car. All is well
Well I guess that's kind of a good thing - the rest of the day was okay then. I'm about to leave work soon - i think i might find a bakery on the way home....
Parting shot:
http://www.crash.net/formula+one/news/147836/1/top_grid_girls_revealed_for_2009_singapore_grand_prix.html
A reality show for F1 grid girls? Now I've seen everything.
Off early. Be back for the quiz. ;)
Ah right, driver not give you enough space?
It wasnt quite as bad as webbers, i managed to stay on, and the car was fine too, just a bit annoyed that it's happened again, a few weeks ago a car pulled out in front of me and then stopped and i couldn't stop. Argghh stupid car drivers
another cyclist having the indecency to think they can be on the road?
see you Journeyer.
I hate cycling, it really makes you realise how terrible everyones driving is.
Glad to hear you're well, Jon. You have better luck than Mark. :)
It let a car through, and then started to go again, and then stopped, so technically it was my fault, but there was no need for her to go in the first place.
Amen to that
Hey again.
Just got back home from the hospital. For some reason, even though I have been told that I don't have epilepsy, they made me have an MRI scan. It was noisy and very uncomfortable and now I feel tingly and dizzy and have a splitting headache. I wish the doctors would just leave me alone :(
Something like that yeah
Well, least your on two legs and okay.
Yep! All is well. Plus we have a new printer thats very flash, it even has a disk drive to burn picture cd's, so i'm keeping myself amused.
Although my left leg is a bit dodgy, bit bruised, but don't think that happened in said incident.
Hi Gavin, sorry you're still not sure what's going on, but every test should get a you a little bit closer to a diagnosis.
My diagnosis is: I am fine, I am perfectly healthy, I don't have epilepsy, but I have to have another test because someone else said so.
TBH, if this goes on, I'm just gonna go mental!
That dosen't sound very nice, hope you feel better soon. You could try sleeping? or taking something for it
Can't you just say no?
But the thing is, if they can't rule out epilepsy I can't drive. Ever.
As an F1 fan that's quite annoying so I want them to draw a line under the whole thing...
Ah, ok. I thought you said they had already confirmed you were fine and healthy.
My advice is to keep doing the tests. Sure it's annoying but even without the driving issue, they can hopefully make sure they know what's going on.
I have drop.ioed the most relevant SPC picture ever.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/sleep-jpg
That's where it gets confusing. For some reason I have to have all these tests done - probably to rule it out, but I'm really getting annoyed because they say one thing and then just do another.
So on the one hand all is well, yet at the same time they act like they're looking for something. And that really stresses me out :(
For the people talking about GT5 @ E3 yesterday...
for you yes, for us normal people, not yet ;)
Have you told them that it's upsetting you?
WANT
GT5 Prologue looked SO GOOD on my tv. I can't wait for this :D
I know it's annoying but they're just looking for something, and it could help you.
Ha, I don't need to be told!
That picture freaks me out to be honest, people watching me sleep is my PET HATE so for someone to photograph it, even if I'm fake sleeping, would be my worst nightmare.
A lot of people have advised the same. But what are they testing for if they think I am OK?
I have had EKG, EEG, blood and blood pressure tests. I have had a two-hour physical. They have found nothing. Now I have had the MRI and have to wait at least a week for the results.
Next they'll be cracking my head open just to be sure :( Quite frankly I don't trust these guys and I am unhappy with the way I have been treated - just shunted along the line like a railcar. If they sat down and talked to me about the incident, the fact that I have had no further symptoms and that they have found nothing, they would see that I am fine too!
Yep. Told the last doctor (#6). I asked him why I needed a scan when he could see that I was healthy and his response was "Because [his] supervisor said so"
I can feel a Tremayne coming on here...
But I'm fine. I fainted because of exhaustion IE lack of sleep (Non-SPC related!)
To second what Christine said earlier, have you said this to them. Not all doctors have the solutions and I guess they're just referring you to someone who might be able to help - a different set of skills will hopefully find something.
7-6 6-2. One more please Roger!
Naturally, I don't go around handing out medical advice, but from what you've said, if I were you, I'd be kicking up a fuss already.
Is the other guy injured?
...And a Forza 3 Trailer
Peugeot Line ups for Le Mans
Christine, I'll try and get some nice pics of car #8 for you ;)
Woohoo!
Chris Amon by Bruno Mantovani
:D
i'm going offline. look after yourselves and each other.
See ya Scott.
Cheers Scott!
See ya scott
HOORAAAAAY
I thought that would be a lot harder for Rog.
Now I sleep.
Afternoon all, i trust you're all well and happy?
LOL!
Just seen the new Bambers View on Autosport *subscription only*
:D
Sorry...Obviously I meant..
AUTOSPORT
yay! Jenson looks happy in his latest video :D
hi all, new here.
Hey Dans, welcome to spc.com. How are ya?
Now that Epsilon have entered, thats 6 teams confirmed.
Do you think its enough for Max to reject FOTA's entry?
RG: All good thanks.
How do you do the quote thing?
Which commeting system are you using?
Web browser
Hey Dans,
Tell us about yourself mate!
Well, on that you will have to highlight the text you want to copy and then put it on the text box with the quote function on.
Its easier say on live commenting live thing as you just click the text you wish to quote.
Human male, 5'10". Live in London, raced gokarts, cars, bikes and love coffee :D
RG: What other commenting systems are there, which one you using?
Evening guys and girls.
There are Live Commeting Live... Thing and the Doohickey. I'm using the LCLT as I love it and its Mr C's genius. And easy to use.
LCLT??
The Live Commeting Live Thing.
Live commenting http://www.sidepodcast.com/livecommenting/
Doohicky http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/
Aww, thats awesome! he looks delighted as you would be :P
Ahh!! its easy, you just click on the text. Sweet.
Now just to figure out multi quote....
LOL
Back to the racing, reckon Vettels got it in the bag. Jenson 2nd, Webber 3rd.
hey dans, welcome.
my money's on vettel too. especially if it rains...
I think Vettel could be put in Webber's shadow this weekend. He might be a talent for the future, but he hasn't really outshone his team-mate this season like he was expected too. the next couple of races could tell us a lot about him
Autosport reporting its gonna be hot an dry.
i'm hoping for a Rubens win this weekend :)
BBC has rain on Thurs, but their forecast only extends to Friday which is completely useless.
5live tweeted earlier that it may rain tomorrow. haven't checked anywhere else mind you.
Anybody but a Brawn, getting waay to predictable now. Surprise top 3 of Webber, Trulli and Raikkonen
Weather.com says 10% chance of rain on saturday, 0% chance on sunday.
I just hope Massa doesn't win
Go Ron! :D
Ron? Rubens..
what's wrong with a Rubens win? he hasn't won a race for years... surely you could settle for him winning a race finally? :)
Has Truli upgraded to something a little faster like a force india? :P
Love to see Ruebens win but he wont... :P
Moving onto the fun stuff, now that we have at least 6 good new teams, i reckon its enough for Max to do whatever the hell he wants and will reject the fota entry.
Looks like Toyo, Reggie and Bull Juice could be out of a job.
I think bernie is obliged to have at least 17 cars on the grid so Max would need them all to be capable, and run the risk of loosing the FIA's most high profile series to a breakaway. Max's strategy is always to push far too hard then let go just enough at the last possible minute.
but all of fota (except williams) have entered together, surely if max rejects the fota entry all 9 teams won't be in the championship next year?
he could reject them and then they could each pay late entry fees.
Breakaway, schmakaway. Wont happen far as i can see.
Even if he rejects the entry, Ferrari and Williams are in. Add to that 7 new teams and you've got 9, leaving 4 places left.
Brawn and Macca will be in for sure, only 2 left, whos gonna be crying when the music stops...
ahh didn't think of that. :) thanks.
And yet people still like the guy? {Comment #249}
Yes, and I'm one of them :)
not sure i follow your reasoning. ferrari are currently tied in with the other 8 fota teams. as are brawn and macca?
RedBull likey to be there as they have that independent ethos, Down to BWM and Force India most likely. Lets see if Bob Marley starts changing their tune... lol.
You must love Piquet then ;)
I think FOTA will have to breakaway if they are rejected, they cant sit out of racing for a season. None of the FOTA members have entered for next year, only the organisation itself. As far as i can see, if max rejects it, any contracts held with Ferrari will have been broken. Ofcource there will be a court case, max probably wouldn't get re-elected e.t.c.
It wont happen though, All the teams will be there for next year, and i suspect Torro Rosso will be sold to one of the unsuccessful applicants
Ferrari have a contract with FIA to race till 2012, form filling is just a formality.
The entry can be rejected in its entirety, then its down to who Max wants. If they are excepted, they all have to race under the budget cap. Unless he agrees with fota's proposal of course, cant see that happening!
autosport were speculating that max may let all the new teams in and cut fota loose. however, there's nothing stopping mclaren offering to buy lightspeed's assets and entry.
F1 with none of the current teams? Boo.
understood. i can't see ferrari ever allowing the fia to peruse their accounts. that isn't how italian companies work, especially when the company we're talking about is called fiat.
not worth getting out of bed for.
however, it could be temporary as various people try to buy there way back into f1 via the backdoor.
I think I would still watch but at the back of my mind feel sad we didnt have names like ferrari, mclaren et all. Would be very sad :(
I think FOta probably have some sort of covenant to gaurentee their members loyalty, i cant see how they would trust each other to enter the way they did.
I wonder if they have any backup plan for next year ready to go?
For a team like Mclaren, racing with the current F1 teams is going to be a lot more attractive than a bunch of nobodies. Look how many people flocked to max's F2 series last weekend. I think that will be similar to Max's f1 of unknowns next year if it has to go up against a FOTA series
The only concession i can see Max making is the glide path, long as he control of it all.
Remember this is most likely about Spankys revenge... hehe.
Evening all. I take it from the last few comments something has developed in the F1 world?
No, but Dans has joined us.
It would not be the same, not the same at all.
No we have a new Poster, and a debate over the fact F1 IS DOOMED
:D
for me it would depend if there were mostly new drivers too.. new drivers + new teams would not equal f1 in my eyes and i would probably loose a bit of interest, as in i may watch some races but i wouldn't go all out to make sure i saw them, like getting up at silly o'clock in the morning. but i don't think it will happen so all is good :D
Peugeot confirm the attendance of "our man" :D
You forgot “Ferrari Formula 1” from 1986! That game was awesome! {Comment #251}
That's because I've never had that game (possibly because it was released before my household got a computer) and therefore didn't think to mention it.
Loving this months F1 racing, very very British :P
I think I'll need to get it tomorrow then. Cheers for the 'eads up.
i saw Emily today at school and she was flicking through it, she got very angry that in the goodwood advert Hamilton's name was before Jenson's :D where as i hadn't even noticed :D lol
Tennis commentators just started saying that tennis players shouldn’t look like F1 drivers.
I am stressed. {Comment #260}
Um... ...which ones did the commentators mean? I thought all the F1 drivers looked different from one another...
Hah! :D
Your influence rubs off once more :P
The Aston Martin Lemans merchandise is really nice.
Shame someone added a 0 to what would have been very reasonable prices...
Link please? :D
One of the players said that in times of economic crisis it is ridiculous that tennis players have a maximum size allowed for sponsor logos on their clothes. The commentators said it would be terrible if they got rid of this rule and they all came out to play looking like F1 drivers. {Comment #279}
Ah, now I know what you mean - and agree with the commentator.
This post trawling stuff isn't half tricky...
http://www.hackett.com/index.cfm?page=1108&mailId=J8105874335158943153531279
Oooh, some of that stuff is quite steep.
Yeah. I was expecting some Gulf branded stuff, but that must be elsewhere.
SOME!
did anyone else get an email today about the Brawn GP merchandise?
Okay, maybe a better word might have been 'all'
no... but i tend to get them hours later than other people. what did it say?
I cant decide which is a better buy: £60 for a tie or £45 for a towel
Yeah, wasn't the most helpful thing ever, but nice sentiment
Dear Luke,
Rubens thinks you are awesome. and wants to vis... ok I didn't say this bit. It actually said this:
Not a huge update really, just telling us when to expect our stuff really :)
I wish the rubens bit was true
:D
just wondering as I posted that, if mr c or christine wants take out the email and number then sorry about including that bit but it's not exactly unknown information when it's all over their website :P
Hi everyone, I'm back. :)
quiz!
need to sign up
indeedy. ;)
pitlanefanatic. com right?
I just need to add that I initially read that as "The Aston Martin Lemons merchandise is really nice."
Aston Martin Lemons? What the... :D
I've since read it correctly.
Carry on...
yup, that's right. :)
probably best to.
Here's a video of Microsoft's Project Natal for XBOX 360. It is simply awesome :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1LyYXkEVgQ&feature=related
Loving the racing game part, actually changing tyres! :D
Haha. Aston Martin Lemons, thats an intresting sales idea for them
sure, sorry about that :)
Aston Martin Lemons: They look good. They smell good. But when you lick one, you go all... *Ollie does impression of himself licking anything sour/citrusy - he squirms and shudders*
Haha!
How long does the activation email take on pitlane fanatic?
you should get the email right away...
Nothing so far, ill give it another 5 mins
Hehe, lemons aren't that bad... Okay, a bit.
For me, it took a few minutes (15 or so) and I missed a few questions on my first quiz attempt. I presume there's still 30 mins before the quiz starts though. Better sign up quick.
ahhh cool. :) i didn't get my merchandise from there i got it from the henri lloyd shop and they said it should be coming early June. they were obviously wrong :P
No, Lemons aren't that bad. Those sherbet dips though, don't even get me started. Thinking about them makes me shudder. :)
Indeed. :) But I think Nick signed up already - he's just waiting for the activation email.
That's the email I was talking about. It took about 15 mins for me to receive it. It wasn't PF's fault, prolly my hosts fault. Just adding a voice of warning from my own experience.
How are you Journeyer? As I've not been present in any live blogs this year, I've been missing your insights and general chatter. I hope all is well in your part of the world though.
Breakaway, schmakaway. Wont happen far as i can see.
Even if he rejects the entry, Ferrari and Williams are in. Add to that 7 new teams and you’ve got 9, leaving 4 places left. {Comment #493}
Williams are in. Ferrari are complaining to the effect that the FIA has broken the contract between itself, the Scuderia and FOM, in which case there is no reason why it would need to comply.
Force India has a contract with the FIA and FOM though, because Jordan signed a deal with Bernie in late 2005 (about two weeks before Williams did).
I can't see a breakaway happening but that's because I doubt the manufacturers can be bothered with the messing about that would entail.
Whats you be calling yourself on there?
Yeah - where have you been lately? :) Last couple of weeks have been a bit rough, but on the whole, tis good.
Ignore, you should be able to get on now.
Awesome, thanks
You must love Piquet then {Comment #498}
No way! Piquet Jr. managed to completely annoy me before he even entered F1 with his arrogant attitude and lack of results to justify said attitude.
He's done nothing in F1 to change that, plus his driving lacks a certain spark (difficult for me to put into words, easy for me to spot).
Entering Renault because some sponsor said so (rather than because he was a better option than either Fisi or Kovalainen) didn't help matters either.
To put the seal on it, most of Piquet Jr's crashes are pretty mediocre. At least when Fisi crashes he usually does so with style...
This season was meant to be about BF1, so I stepped down from any live blog commitments in order to concentrate on it. However, work (real-life work) has stepped up a gear and now I'm all over the place, working hard in the real world and trying desperately to keep the site going. So in a nutshell, I've been nowhere, mostly. I call it Cyber-Homelessness. "Spare any change, mister?" :D
Not knowing what it is (to prevent any foot-in-mouth scenario) I hope that whatever it is that is causing you grief is resolved soon. You deserve happiness and uninterrupted viewing of motor sport. :)
LOL You have a point there!
Thanks, Ollie. :) I do hope so too...
Hi all. Anything exciting happened today?
i got a copy of f1 racing! and it has Jenson on the cover!...that's the most excited f1 related thing that's happened to me, or that i know of...
Wasn't he just on the cover last month?
That is too much excitement for me
:D
haha :D
There was a fight at work with customers and I had a horrendously awful driving lesson, so there's a bit more for you :P
the brawn gp car was yeah...
I knew it! Am now reconsidering the domain name for your future F1-related blog.
(Don't worry, I'm still joking.)
in other f1 news. the drivers are playing football again.
with all this footy practice, do you think they know something we don't?
Twice in one year!? - something is certainly going on...
Quiz started yet?
Secret plan to enter a football competition instead of F1.
Yes, flibster. Go catch up now.
D'OH!
Just woke up!
Sounds like you're telling him off! ;)
:D
He told me it was a quizz, not a test in ability to remember the impossible!
well flav already has a football team, and Fernando plays football....
Awww... not to worry, Nick, not all the questions are this difficult.
How to play football :P
quite hard innit?
Hey, I can play y'know...
...only in goal, but y'know.
:P
who??
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75795
N technologoy! Thats who!
*watches tumbleweed*
what the chuff is... international formula master?
Erm, they would have the money for it???
if i remember correctly (and i'm not sure i do), it's the predecessor of GP3.
oh you lot got there before me.
it appears Mr C made an amazingly good call
Is that affiliated with formula gp3?
oh for heavans sake. this is ridiculous.
Ferrari's Formula GP3? Probably not. :D
it was rumoured to be turning into gp3. not sure whats happening with it now
Never heard of N Technology or any of the people mentioned. Seems odd we are getting entries 5 days after entries closed
I think they were entered on Friday, but from the looks of it, someone's leaking who entered...
They're not applying now, they just haven't announced it. It's a very clever PR strategy actually
Or they are
So they're basically just saying they're interested, but nothing more?
No, they have applied, but if they'd announced on friday their story would have been taken away with the whole FOTA thing, so by announcing it now, they get a clear news cycle.
The whole process will be a useful potential buyers list for torro rosso
haha thats very true
i'm not so sure. am with journeyer, i think it's coordinated leakage.
:D Or even Toyota, if they so chose...
Either way, theres only a few that are worth while
Evening all. Does the announcement of several more teams than there are slots on the grid mean we'll have a new TV show called the "F1 Factor" soon?
As long as simon cowell dosen't run it (he gets everywhere)
:P
haha :D
I know N Technology! They've been around in the WTCC running Alfas and most recently a Honda Accord for James Thompson.
Yep, and didnt FMaster.
What do you think the Grand Prix shows are then?
It's going to become GP3 and a Kiwi called Chris Van Der Drift won it last year.
Hey, they've shown they can build 20 single-seaters to a decent standard and on time ... Ferrari couldn't do that!
Ahhh. I do remember right then.
Kudos to Journeyer for an excellent quiz. He should host more often ;)
gooo journeyer.
i saw his spot the difference....i got there eventually but it was a sooo hard.but it looked like a great quiz from what i saw :)
just trying out googled squared:
http://www.google.com/squared/
thus far it's told me williams have a renault engine and force india are powered by ferrari. that's nothing compared to mark webber though, apparently he's powered by postgresql mdb2.
Is Webber's engine homologated?
I typed in Jarno Trulli and the first result was Timo Glock
And since when was Force India actually called "Newcastle in crisis"?
embedded.
ahh, but what is his engine?
Well you wouldn't want it loose and flapping around would ya?
also... she lives!
:)
one for lou:
"I flew EasyJet to Sabia Gokchen and Jenson Button was on my flight."
she was on the same plane as jenson! :(
When does the circuit poll close?
some people have all the luck... :(
Does she comment here?
I thought she had given up!
Well done journeyer, it was a great quiz, despite my lack of an extra point¬!
not sure she's aware of spc. you need a vox account to comment and i just can't be arsed to create one.
erm.... SHOOT!
I heart that post!
BANG!!!
I think the answer is now.
Was tempted to do that too... but thought i might look silly :P
me too... although i also kinda hate it...in a very jealous and wishing i was her sort of way :P
hehe. we are sodding useless.
That was hard on my head.
Quizzing not good.
Will there be a formal presentation?
Something to make Christine happy. The next space shuttle launch has been put back a day.
I typed in Flavio Briatore into Google squared and I still got Flavio Briatore!
:D
I had a feeling that may be the answer
I typed in f1 teams and one of them is apparently Adrian Sutil
:cry:
Ahem - regarding the quiz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgcUIMhKkzE
That is all.
Unnamed laughter powered aircraft landing
:)
Well done, Scott! :)
Back to bed for me. Good night. :D
Thanks. And well done for a brilliant quiz tonight. You've earned your sleep :D
Night buddy :)
2nd by one point...
Damnit!
You give me that, I give you this for my celebration. Contains bleeping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Uj5XgY1ys
At least you have a proper excuse. ;)
LMFAO! :D
True.
I've got some cold and flu pills here and it says - does not cause drowsiness...
I'm ill.. I want them to cause drowsiness! I want to sleep!
The best way to deal with a cold is to go to bed with a bottle of whisky. ;)
It looks like we have a space walk starting from the ISS at the same time as FP1 on Friday. Can't these people plan round the racing?
I know. *sigh*
Another thing that my inability to drink has ruined. :(
We have another entrant
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75791
Yeah, saw that this morning. It could be a serious contender
Wow, 9 updates now!
That's hilarious.
LPG has just told me that Ken Bruce (Radio 2 morning presenter) was told off for talking over the Pussycat Dolls. His response? "I can talk over those women."
:D
One might wonder if easyjet will sponsor brawn and rename them EasyF1. they seem to do a lot of business together
:D
Can I butt in with a quick request. Can the guys who submitted quiz entries check that I remembered their scores correctly please. TY
oooh, new blog from chris.
Actualy i have had a brainwave.
You have to wonder how many of these teams have a flying felipe's chance of getting on the grid. I will exclude USF1 from this as there modus operandi is slightly different.
Now that the cost cap appears to be moderatly dead, look at how Honda couldn't find anyone who could come close enough to buy the team and run it. Have these people suddenly become considerably more wealthier or committed over the last 6 months? Unlikely, especially as they would have been guaranteed a place on the grid back then, and far more publicity as being the only new team
Its all good on my end.
Thanks RG, Journeyer was a great host :)
i'm not convinced it's gone at all.
That flying Felipe quote must surely be wiki-worthy :D
:)
I got 31.5 but not to worry!
Will change it .. me chicken memory
Its not gone, but i wouldn't bet millions of dollars on it being there any less than i would have tried to run an f1 team with it in december. Also strange that none of the new teams got together with a joint bid. espescially lola and prodrive.
Is there a list of the quiz questions somewhere for those who were asleep? I'd just like to see what was asked.
My doohicky is out of control! and its making all sorts of black boxes on the screen
Me too
I hate it when I accidentally close the window and not realise SPC has disappeared :( bah!
http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1047 pitlanefantatic quiz q's and a;s
huh?
Why my friend, if you check out the wiki
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Pitlane+Fanatic+Quiz
Contains links to this weeks and past Questions
wah?
Oops, it's back now
rg, you are the embodiment of awesomeness. just sayin'.
what happened?
I had an error also
That's really cool !
He's our star in a reasonably priced car. Mr C would have loved the spot the difference, it was a cracker
To be fair, Journeyer usually updates them pretty much straight after the quiz. I was meery linking.
Ok, My doohickey, running on Chrome is just not working, won't let me post, and finally died completely
rgjourneyer, you are the embodiment of awesomeness. just sayin'.did journeyer do that too?
it turns out quizzing is to hard for our add-riddled brains :)
I did the Circuit Cup though, soo.... :)
Must go anyway, night all!
night rg.
he chose the differences and the picture, I believe Mav did the photo-shopping
Next creative goal: make an f1 related video.
Goodnight RG
what a team!
Mine was running on chrome, came up with a few errors then refused to load anything, then came back.
i not seen nothing. all good here :(
I could just be Chrome (being beta an' all)
They are in dispute about their sportscar program and I don't see either David Richards or martin Birrane being happy to play number 2
My doohickey is fine
Ditto
The whole new teams crawling out of the woodwork thing is convenient .. and farsical at the same time. I reckon its a setup and the FIA is becoming a joke
mine is fine now. but the world came crashing down before
i'm worried that it's just round 1 though. this could potentially run until melbourne.
Yeah me too. Seems to be working again now.
After reading Joe's post from yesterday, I'm just worried.
i cant remember who said it, but someone said; "what would happen if there was enough to entrys to form a new grid to replace the FOTA cars?"
well....its happening
I'm personally getting sick of the whole carry on and if enthusiastic fans are annoyed what is that doing to the new fanbase that Max and Bernie want to recruit
There was a nice article about that in GrandPrix.com today .. I'll see if I can find the link
well, the last thing the casual fans heard was - ferrari have signed up to 2010.
the next thing they'll hear is bbc coverage on sunday, so hopefully it's only damaging the minority who are following closely. hopefully.
Link
Wasn't that the "worse case scenario" article?
Sure was
Hehe, Timo's F1R interview is great. He seems a really nice guy, and pretty funny too :)
Paints a rosy picture doesn't it?!
aww man its hugggge. my brain is dead, i shall read it tomorrow.
ciao all
Does anyone know who was the last genuinely new entrant (ie not Minardi DNA et al) to the sport that went on to become a race winner?
night jon.
did the quiz overrun?
;)
Isn't the quiz finished?
hehe I'm just trying to put all the new entrants into perspective in my head .. that got me wondering when last there was a new successful team .. sorry
Jordan?
honestly couldn't tell you. the answer of course should be - toyota.
Did Stewart ever win?
That's what I was thinking
Yes they won one race if memory serves
or BMW if we class them as a new team
Stewart
nah. they picked up hinwill.
No, we don't.
Yay, I beat Steven Roy to an answer!!!
Thanks Steven.
It does make me think that these potential new teams are just wishful thinking .. and they could do the sports image untold harm if they get in and make a mess of it
if they get in, the damage is already done. having a bad race or ten couldn't make it much worse could it?
Bear in mind the last time there was an option for new teams to enter there were 12 candidates
Might make for a good season for Williams!
And how many were taken on?
none.
They were all finance consortiums weren't they, plus Prodrive?
Yeah I've been half-reading :-)
Bodes well for the wannabes...
One other thing before I vanish again... I hope they bring back the 107% rule..
Prodrive who wanted to run customer cars. Then customer cars were banned. Typical FIA
I'd love to see that back .. and the 12 lap qualifying
isn't that pointless if there are no manufacturers to set a sensible benchmark?
So williams will be sitting be themselves at the front of the grid. Interesting.....
will teams be reassed each year before they are approved entrants ensure they are still able to compete?
:D
There was a mix of serious and not so serious candidates.
I don't get the closed shop, franchise model. They need to open th sport up.
Reassessed! not reassed sorry!
Isn't it necessary to keep the potentially slower teams developing?
There will be manufacturers. The boards will panic when they realise it looks like they won't be in the Real F1. Maybe not as many as now as some will use it as an excuse to pack up.
Yep. I love this speculation over the new teams, and I think they won't be as slow as some seem to assume.
cough *cosworth*
It's all doing my head in and doesn't make sense. They want budget capped customer cars entering next year so that the following year they can become manufactures in their own right on an even smaller budget .. how the heck can that work?
erm, practically spec engines? cossie will be 'allowed' to catch up, if only gradually
who wants that though? current teams don't want any new entrants do they?
i know they say they do...
Customer cars? I thought that idea went out the window?
Oh sure, as long as they hang around at the back, Force India style
I wish I had such interesting dreams
i'm not sure. bernie's offering the new teams money. money that the current teams want for themselves.
Oh right, Bernie. I'm getting lost in the politics of all this. It seems even more than a three way fight.
May as well call it Formula GP2 and Williams...
What prevented Honda from being sold was the liability represented by having a big workforce. Still I wonder if there are some people kicking themselves for not buying the Honda team!
woah woah woah woah. Lewis Hamilton is working on Forza 3!!
Ensuring the tyre wear model is accurate and the red light penalties work? ;)
Yeah, or Honda for selling it. DOH !
Haha :D
Check this out, although reading again, it's more McLaren are working on it with the guys at Turn10:
I was wondering for a moment, as Lewis technically still has a deal with another company (EA) so that was a little confusing. Still, McLaren data going towards the game; wonder if it will include pit radios?
Honda have admitted as much that it was a mistake BUT I think the Mercedes lump is part of their success (the Honda engine was not as powerful and liked to commit suicide as a fiery ball!)
If they had the Honda anchor in the back they would be trolling around in the early teens rather then winning.
The Honda V8 appears to be even more shockingly bad than the Cosworth was. Surprisingly as they had the most powerful V10.
if the team were still honda they wouldn't have been winning races and dominating this year that's for sure. the engine was useless. It would have blown up in bahrain lol.
Where did Honda go so very wrong? They had THE engine in the 80s and early 90s
they didn't have to last two race distances. and they weren't homologated.
Even the last V10 they produced was in excess of 1000bhp *possibly as high as 1075bhp from some accounts*
Turns out, they couldn't adapt to the percularities of a V8 engine.
thoughts from JA:
"...on June 12th I think [the FIA] will name Ferrari as an entrant, despite the Italian teams’s desire to be part of the dissident group. After that it will be up to Ferrari to challenge for their right not to compete."
I think a breakaway is starting to make more and more sense for FOTA.
no no please no.
I love the way Max is saying this:
“I say, if you want to make the rules, then go an organise your own championship. Formula 1 is ours, we make the rules. We’ve started 60 years ago and we will continue like that.”
Wasn't he part of the great FOCA revolution?
in my opinion i don't think they'll be going anywhere... they'll all be racing in 2010 and no doubt talks will continue about the other years and the moment Max steps down or is chucked out things will straighten themselves out. i just can't see it getting that major. they all know what they are doing and they know how Max negotiates things, they'll sort it out.
the more i hear about breakaway series', the more i think about breakaway chocolate bars, the hungrier i get. :(
I had to eat Twisties last night, because of SPC. This place can be bad for your waste line.
Yes, but i cant see FOTA doing nothing, the only option they really have left is to announce a breakaway and start organising like crazy. they control 2 parts of the f1 trinity in the drivers and the teams, and the third part, the circuits are probably just as fed up with the money extraction at the moment as the teams are
But what about the contract part and the TV part?
People will want to watch F1 racing as it is now, not max's version, TV companies will be lining up to show it, and im sure many of the existing ones will find a way to do find releases in their deals.
The contrat one is tricky for ferrari, but i would be confident they could argue they have fulfilled there obligations to enter. even if they dont, they could enter a psudo team with little effort put in, concentrating on the FOTA championship.
I don't even know weather it would go ahead, but what else could FOTA do after june 12th to up the ante, and find a beneficial deal. The fia elections are in September i believe, and if max goes then reconciliation could happen before next season.
Sorry I hit post instead of preview, and that post makes little sense grammaticly, but I hope it does conceptually!
Most folk seem to just post with no quality control. That has always been my policy
generally i do that too, but if i write an idea out quickly, i need repair it!
Made more sense than the FIA right now
I think someone could post in Swahili and make more sense...
Damn! No Swahili in Google Translate.
It has got Finnish though:
Minusta tuntuu, että joku voisi virka Swahili ja järkevämpää
:-)
I can host again as soon as everyone who wants to have a go at it has done so. ;)
hehehe. i just picked out what needs to be edited - twas mav who edited it. :) i personally found it a bit funny that he only found 3. :D
Aww. Thanks, Jackie. :D
haha! thank you, Mr C. :)
Comment in moderation - I try to thank everyone, and look what happens... :P